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Book SynopsisOur ability to travel to the remotest parts of the world has been transformed, but the health risks are ever changing and increasing, and there may be no one to help when things go wrong. Whether you are travelling abroad for business or pleasure, this book provides essential, detailed, practical advice for journeys all over the world. This fifth edition is a complete revision of a best-selling, comprehensive and trusted guide. Travellers need to be increasingly well informed about health problems they may encounter abroad. Malaria prevention, the latest vaccine information and advice, cruise ship travel, jet lag, skiing, and accidents and injuries abroad: this book covers every important issue in travel medicine, with the emphasis firmly on self-help and prevention. This new edition brings together state-of-the-art background information and specialist advice from more than 70 leading experts from several countries, now in a more compact format. It is also available in an electronic e
Trade ReviewRichard Dawood has done it again. He has produced another edition of his magnificent book, better than the previous edition. It comes in 530 pages, yet small enough to slip it into the hand luggage when travelling. That is the idea; to inform the travellers that seek information, and help them manage travel problems they face and how to prevent them. This is the fundamental strength of this book... I would recommend this book to every traveller I see in my travel clinic. It is an invaluable part of the travellers handluggage. * Travelwise, May 2013 *
... now in its fifth edition and is the most useful reference book on the subject. * Frank Barrett, The Mail on Sunday *
Travellers' Health remains the bible for all who want to understand the basic physical problems of travelling. This is important, in-depth information which covers every contingency and which, along with toilet paper, is one of the true indispensables in any adventurous traveller's bag. * Michael Palin, Expert Traveller, and Former President of the Royal Geographical Society *
Table of Contents1. INTRODUCTION: STAYING HEALTHY ABROAD ; 1.1 Introduction ; 2. FOOD AND HYGIENE RELATED DISEASE RISK ; 2.1 Diarrhoea and intestinal infections ; 2.2 Parasites from infected food and drink ; 2.3 Poliomyelitis ; 2.4 Viral hepatitis ; 2.5 Poisons and contaminants in food ; 3. WATER-RELATED DISEASES ; 3.1 Safe water ; 3.2 Water purification devices ; 3.3 Recreational water and beaches ; 3.4 Algal blooms ; 4. DISEASES OF 'CONTACT' ; 4.1 Tuberculosis ; 4.2 Tetanus ; 4.3 Diphtheria ; 4.4 Schistosomiasis (bilharzia) ; 4.5 Meningococcal Disease ; 4.6 Legionnaires' disease ; 4.7 Worm infections from soil contact ; 4.8 Leprosy ; 4.9 Anthrax ; 4.10 Viral hemorrhagic fevers ; 4.11 Leptospirosis ; 4.12 Influenza A and B ; 5. DISEASES SPREAD BY INSECTS ; 5.1 Malaria ; 5.2 Arboviruses: dengue, Japanese encephalitis, yellow fever and others ; 5.3 Filarial infections ; 5.4 Lyme disease ; 5.5 Leishmaniasis ; 5.6 Sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) ; 5.7 Chagas disease (South American trypanosomiasis) ; 5.8 Plague ; 5.9 Typhus: The rickettsial infections ; 5.10 Myiasis (maggot infestation) ; 5.11 Fleas, lice, bugs, scabies, and other creatures ; 5.12 Personal protection against insect pests ; 6. ANIMAL ATTACKS; RABIES; VENOMOUS BITES AND STINGS ; 6.1 Animal attacks; rabies; venomous bites and stings ; 7. AIR AND SEA TRAVEL ; 7.1 Air travel ; 7.2 Jet lag ; 7.3 Motion sickness ; 7.4 Cruise Ship Medicine ; 8. ENVIRONMENTAL AND RECREATIONAL HAZARDS ; 8.1 Accidents ; 8.2 Personal safety and security ; 8.3 Altitude illness ; 8.4 Effects of climatic extremes ; 8.5 Sun and the traveler ; 8.6 Hay fever seasons worldwide ; 8.7 Yachting and sailing: 'nautical tourism' ; 8.8 Swimming, diving and water sports ; 8.9 Snow sports ; 9. SOME COMMON PROBLEMS ; 9.1 Skin problems ; 9.2 Dental problems ; 9.3 Eye problems ; 9.4 Foot care ; 9.5 Skin and soft tissue infections ; 9.6 Respiratory and airborne problems in travellers ; 9.7 Gynaecological problems ; 9.8 Psychological disorders ; 9.9 Fever and undifferentiated febrile illnesses ; 10. SEXUAL CONTRACEPTION ABROAD ; 10.1 Sexually-transmitted infections ; 10.2 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) ; 10.3 Contraception and travel: be safe, be prepared ; 11. TRAVELLERS WITH SPECIAL HEALTH NEEDS ; 11.1 Travel in pregnancy ; 11.2 Children abroad ; 11.3 Elderly travellers ; 11.4 The traveller with diabetes ; 11.5 The immunocompromised traveller ; 11.6 The disabled traveller ; 11.7 Expedition Medicine ; 11.8 Medical Tourism ; 11.9 Health protection of Armed Forces personnel ; 12. LIVING AND WORKING ABROAD ; 12.1 Becoming an expatriate ; 12.2 Fitness for working abroad ; 13. PREPARING FOR TRAVEL ; 13.1 Risk and risk assessment for travellers ; 13.2 Immunization ; 13.3 Travel insurance: the whys, whats and hows ; 13.4 Travel law ; 13.5 Medicines and medical kits ; 13.6 Blood transfusion, blood products and the traveller ; 14. EMERGING INFECTIONS: THE FUTURE ; 14.1 Emerging infections: the future ; APPENDIXES ; Appendix 1: Vaccination requirements and recommendations ; Appendix 2: Resource Guide ; Appendix 3: Some hints on eating abroad under extreme conditions of bad hygiene ; Appendix 4: Medical Kit Checklist ; Appendix 5: Post-travel health screening ; Appendix 6: Hay fever seasons worldwide ; FURTHER READING ; GLOSSARY ; INDEX
